Family says alleged migrant ship captain is innocent

Nourredine Mahjoub is accused of multiple homicide and people smuggling for death of hundreds of migrants.

The family of a Tunisian man accused of captaining a ship that sank off the Italian coast says he is innocent.

Hundreds of migrants were on the vessel when it went down earlier this month.

Nourredine Mahjoub is accused of multiple homicide and people smuggling.

Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports.

Source: Al Jazeera